For the leather from rabbits, see Rabbit Hide. For the armor material, see Armor materials.
Leather is an item used to make item frames, armor and books.
Obtaining
Mob loot
Upon death, cows, mooshrooms, horses, donkeys, mules, llamas and trader llamas drop 0–2 leather, while hoglins drop 0–1 leather. The maximum amount is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 5 leather (4 leather from hoglins) with Looting III.
A fox sometimes spawns holding leather, which always drops upon death. Alternatively, a player can drop a food item, causing the fox to drop the leather.
Fishing
Leather can be obtained as a "junk" item from fishing.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Rabbit Hide |
Chest loot
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Leather | Bastion remnant | Hoglin stable chest | 1–3 | 22.8% |
| Bridge chest | 1–3 | 47.9% | ||
| Village | Tanner's chest | 1–3 | 17.3% | |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Leather | Bastion remnant | Hoglin stable chest | 1–3 | 22.8% |
| Bridge chest | 1–3 | 47.9% | ||
| Village | Tanner's chest | 1–3 | 17.3% | |
Villager gifts
in Java Edition, leatherworker villagers throw leather at players under the Hero of the Village effect.
Bartering
Piglins may barter 2-4 leather when given a gold ingot.
Usage
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Book | Paper + Leather |
|
| Bundle | String + Leather |
|
| Item Frame | Stick + Leather |
|
| Leather Boots | Leather | |
| Leather Cap | Leather | |
| Leather Horse Armor | Leather | |
| Leather Pants | Leather | |
| Leather Tunic | Leather |
Trading
Novice-level leatherworker villagers have a 2⁄3 chance to buy 6 leather for one emerald in Java Edition, and always offer the trade in Bedrock Edition.
Repairing
Leather is the repair item for the leather armor, and thus can be used to repair the following items in an anvil:
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| Cow Tipper | Harvest some leather. | Pick up leather from the ground. | 15G | Bronze | ||
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leather | leather | Item | ignored_by_piglin_babies | item.minecraft.leather |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leather | leather | 381 | Item | item.leather.name |
History
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0.8 |  Added leather.
| ||||
| Leather drops from cows. | |||||
| The crafting recipe for leather armor has been changed from cloth to leather (leather armor was previously crafted with wool, and was called "cloth armor" in the game code). | |||||
| v1.0.17 | Chickens in Survival multiplayer now drop leather if killed by fire, fall damage or cactus. | ||||
| v1.2.6 | Chickens dropping leather was fixed by this version at the latest.[when?]. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w17a | Leather is now required to craft books. | |||
| 1.4.2 | 12w34a | Leather is now used to craft the newly added item frames. | |||
| 1.6.1 | 13w16a | Leather is now used to craft horse saddles. | |||
| Horses now drop leather. | |||||
| 13w18a | Leather is no longer used to craft horse saddles. | ||||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Leather can be obtained as one of the "junk" items in fishing, making it possible to obtain it without killing any animals. | |||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Leather can now be sold to leatherworker villagers, at 9–12 leather for 1 emerald. | |||
| 14w27b | Leather can now be crafted using 4 rabbit hide. | ||||
| 1.9 | 15w41a | Leather can now be used to repair elytra. | |||
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Llamas now drop leather. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 334. | |||
| 18w07a | Phantoms now drop leather. | ||||
| 18w14a | Phantoms no longer drop leather. | ||||
| Phantom membranes are now used to repair elytra, instead of leather. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | The texture of leather has been changed. | |||
| 18w48a | Leather can now be found in chests in village tanneries. | ||||
| 19w07a | Added foxes, which sometimes spawn with leather in their mouths. | ||||
| 19w08a | Leather is now used to craft leather horse armor. | ||||
| 19w13a | Leatherworker villagers now give leather to players under the Hero of the Village effect. | ||||
| 1.16 | 20w07a | Leather is dropped by the new hoglins. | |||
| Leather has a 5⁄109 (~4.59%) chance of being given by the new piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 2–7. | |||||
| 20w09a | Leather now has a 20⁄226 (~8.84%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5. | ||||
| 20w16a | Leather now generates in bastion remnants chests. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.2.0 | Added leather. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose. | ||||
| v0.6.0 | Leather is now obtainable by killing cows. | ||||
| Leather can be used to craft leather armor. | |||||
| v0.11.0 | build 1 | Leather can now be obtained as one of the "junk" items in fishing, making it possible to obtain it without killing any animals. | |||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Leather is now required to craft books. | |||
| v0.13.0 | build 1 | Leather can now be crafted using 4 rabbit hide. | |||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Leather is now used to craft leather horse armor. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Leather can now be used to repair elytra. | |||
| 1.0.4 | alpha 1.0.4.0 | 9-12 leather can now be sold to leatherworker villagers. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.6.0 | beta 1.6.0.5 | Phantom membranes are now used to repair elytra, instead of leather. | |||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Leather can now be found in village tannery house chests. | |||
| The texture of leather has been changed. | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Trading has been changed, leatherworker villagers now buy 6 leather for an emerald. | |||
| 1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.1 | Added foxes, which can drop leather. | |||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Hoglins now drop leather. | |||
| Leather can now be obtained from bartering with piglin. | |||||
| Leather can now be found in bastion remnants chests. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added leather. |
| TU60 | CU51 | 1.64 | Patch 30 | 1.0.11 | Leather is now used to craft leather horse armor. |
| TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Phantom membranes are now used to repair elytra, instead of leather. | ||
| 1.90 | The texture of leather has been changed. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added leather. | ||||
Issues
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